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Someone planted backdoors in dozens of Word Press plug-ins used in thousands of websites
2+ hour, 27+ min ago (357+ words) Dozens of plug-ins for the widely used open source web blogging software Word Press are now offline after a backdoor was discovered in them, used to push malicious code to any website that relied on the plug-ins. The backdoor was…...
Is Anthropic limiting the release of Mythos to protect the internet " or Anthropic?
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (494+ words) THIS WEEK ONLY: Save up to $500 on your Disrupt pass. Offer ends April 10, 11: 59 p. m. PT. Register here. Anthropic said this week that it limited the release of its newest model, dubbed Mythos, because it is too capable of finding security exploits…...
Hack-for-hire group caught targeting Android devices and i Cloud backups
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (686+ words) The first Strictly VC of 2026 hits San Francisco. Tickets are going fast. Register now. Security researchers say they have identified a hack-for-hire group targeting journalists, activists, and government officials across the Middle East and North Africa. The hackers used phishing…...
Hackers steal and leak sensitive LAPD police documents
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (364+ words) THIS WEEK ONLY: Save close to $500 on your Disrupt pass. Offer ends April 10, 11: 59 p. m. PT. Register here. Cybercriminals have allegedly stolen a large amount of sensitive internal documents from the Los Angeles Police Department and leaked the data online. The stolen…...
Anthropic debuts preview of powerful new AI model Mythos in new cybersecurity initiative
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (391+ words) THIS WEEK ONLY: Save close to $500 on your Disrupt pass. Offer ends April 10, 11: 59 p. m. PT. Register here. Anthropic on Tuesday released a preview of its new frontier model, Mythos, which it says will be used by a small coterie of partner…...
Russian government hackers broke into thousands of home routers to steal passwords
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (465+ words) THIS WEEK ONLY: Save close to $500 on your Disrupt pass. Offer ends April 10, 11: 59 p. m. PT. Register here. A group of Russian government hackers have hijacked thousands of home and small business routers around the world as part of an ongoing campaign…...
North Korea's hijack of one of the web's most used open source projects was likely weeks in the making
1+ week, 1+ day ago (407+ words) THIS WEEK ONLY: Save close to $500 on your Disrupt pass. Offer ends April 10, 11: 59 p. m. PT. Register here. A North Korean cyberattack that last Monday briefly hijacked one of the most widely used open source projects on the web took weeks to…...
Europe's cyber agency blames hacking gangs for massive data breach and leak
1+ week, 4+ day ago (483+ words) The first Strictly VC of 2026 lands in San Francisco on April 30. Tickets are limited. Register here. The European Union's cybersecurity agency said Thursday that a recent hack and data breach at the EU's executive body was the work of a…...
Telehealth giant Hims & Hers says its customer support system was hacked
1+ week, 4+ day ago (412+ words) The first Strictly VC of 2026 lands in San Francisco on April 30. Tickets are limited. Register here. Hims & Hers, the telehealth company that sells weight-loss drugs and sexual health prescriptions, has confirmed a data breach affecting its third-party customer service platform....
Mercor says it was hit by cyberattack tied to compromise of open-source Lite LLM project
1+ week, 6+ day ago (435+ words) Mercor, a popular AI recruiting startup, has confirmed a security incident linked to a supply chain attack involving the open-source project Lite LLM. The AI startup told Tech Crunch on Tuesday that it was "one of thousands of companies" affected by…...